Category Archives: World

US, Europe, NATO close ranks to counter 'aggressive' China
BRUSSELS - The United States and European countries are closing ranks to respond to what the U.S. calls "aggressive and coercive" behaviour by China, days after the U.S. and its allies launched co-ord...
Mar 25, 2021

Grocery store worker narrowly escaped gunman's notice
BOULDER, Colo. - An employee of the Colorado supermarket where a gunman killed 10 people watched as the assailant opened fire and narrowly escaped his notice while joining with other bystanders in a d...
Mar 25, 2021

North Korea test-fires ballistic missiles in message to US
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea on Thursday test-fired its first ballistic missiles since President Joe Biden took office as it expands its military capabilities and increases pressure on Wash...
Mar 25, 2021

Colorado shooting suspect to make 1st court appearance
BOULDER, Colo. - Hundreds of mourners gathered Wednesday night at a candlelight vigil to remember the 10 people gunned down at a supermarket in a Colorado college town, while the 21-year-old man suspe...
Mar 25, 2021

Greek Independence Day events culminate in military parade
ATHENS, Greece - Fighter jets flew by the ancient Acropolis and tanks rumbled past parliament in central Athens on Thursday as Greece's celebrations for the bicentenary of its war of independence culm...
Mar 25, 2021

Stuck ship in Egypt's Suez Canal imperils shipping worldwide
ISMAILIA, Egypt - A skyscraper-sized cargo ship wedged across Egypt's Suez Canal further imperiled global shipping Thursday as at least 150 other vessels needing to pass through the crucial waterway i...
Mar 25, 2021

1 report, 4 theories: Scientists mull clues on virus' origin
GENEVA - A team of international and Chinese scientists is poised to report on its joint search for the origins of the coronavirus that sparked a pandemic after it was first detected in China over a y...
Mar 25, 2021

China attacks foreign clothing, shoe brands over Xinjiang
BEIJING - China's ruling Communist Party is lashing out at H&M and other clothing and footwear brands as it retaliates for Western sanctions imposed on Chinese officials accused of human rights ab...
Mar 24, 2021

A first: US Senate confirms transgender doctor for key post
Voting mostly along party lines, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed former Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be the nation's assistant secretary of health. She is the first openly tra...
Mar 24, 2021

Federal judge nixes Ohio's push for early redistricting data
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state of Ohio that tried to get the U.S. Census Bureau to provide data used for drawing congressional and legislative districts ahead of i...
Mar 24, 2021